> > > The Debian watchword has been from early on, a system that can be painlessly > > upgraded. At least twice, this watchword has failed---when a.out moved over > > to ELF, and when libc5 moved over to libc6. In between these big changes, > > have been an endless stream of smaller changes. > > Well, libc5 to libc6 can be fairly painless, although it does require a > special procedure. However, the procedure is documented in the Mini-HOWTO > which I post here and on debian-devel from time to time. We've done it > better than anyone else, is there another distribution you could upgrade > past a.out without reinstalling? I think we'll have the best libc6 > upgrade procedure too, but since we're the only ones with it public, I > really can't tell for sure. > Strictly speaking, currently upgrading to libc6 means upgrading to unstable. Nobody ever promised _that_ was going to be painless. How smooth the upgrade will be can only be properly judged when Debian 2.0 comes out.
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